Aug 30 House GOP plans to cut disaster aid fund likely won’t survive Harvey By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press The disaster relief cut was proposed to finance President Trump's border wall well before Harvey. The politically bad optics are sure to lead lawmakers to do an about face, though that would create a money crunch in homeland security accounts. Continue reading
Jul 12 House Republicans seek cuts to foreign aid, support for U.S.-Mexico wall By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press In a flurry of summertime activity, congressional panels in the House and Senate released various spending bills to fund government agencies and departments in 2018. Continue reading
Jun 29 As deficit spikes, CBO says Congress must act on debt by October By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press A new government estimate says the drop-dead deadline for lawmakers to increase the government's borrowing limit is early to mid-October. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 3:38 Trump budget prizes military buildup and sweeping cuts By PBS NewsHour Unveiled today, President Trump's first federal budget embodies stark changes in federal spending priorities. The more-than $1.1 trillion proposal would cut funding to the EPA and the State Department by almost a third, while boosting spending for the Pentagon, Department… Continue watching
Dec 09 Senate passes stop-gap spending to avert government shutdown By Andrew Taylor, Matthew Daly, Associated Press The vote was 63-36 and sent the stop-gap spending bill to President Barack Obama for his signature ahead of a midnight deadline. Continue reading
Nov 22 Will Trump’s big agenda put GOP budget goals out of reach? By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure. That's a recipe for bigger deficits that fiscally minded conservative Republicans have railed against during President Barack Obama's tenure. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 4:59 News Wrap: Congress buys time with short-term spending bill By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, Congress sent President Obama a short-term spending bill to fund agencies through the middle of next week, buying more time to negotiate a $1.1 trillion long-term tax and spending bill. Also, chemical industry giants DuPont… Continue watching
Jan 31 5 things to know about Obama’s new budget proposal By Connie Cass, Associated Press Here are five things to know before President Barack Obama's 2016 budget fully emerges Monday. Continue reading
Dec 08 Federal defense contractors find a new profitable business: Obamacare By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News In a way that is deeply changing Washington contracting, growth opportunities from the federal government have increasingly come not from war but from healing, an examination by Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post shows. Continue reading
Feb 21 Popular Medicare Advantage plans could face cuts By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Obama administration says cuts to Medicare Advantage plans are on the table for next year. Continue reading